Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Jonathan Drake/Reuters
PBS: Military on verge of sentencing Bergdahl for desertion
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post, is in the middle of a sentencing hearing for his guilty plea to desertion, which prosecutors say injured and killed U.S. soldiers who searched for him. NPR reporter Greg Myre, who has been covering the case in military court at Fort Bragg, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington.
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WNU Editor: Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has already admitted his guilt. The question that remains unanswered is his punishment. And while the desertion charge carries a few years in prison, it is the other charges that may put him behind bars for a very long time. The Judge's ruling should come down this week.
